Back to Locations Guide Pearl Street Park

 3.0

1130 Baxter Street, Charlotte, NC
704-336-2475

http://www.charmeck.org/Departments/Park+and+Rec/Parks/Parks+By+District/Central

6 acres
Basketball court
Multi-purpose field
Walking trails

The Mecklenburg Park and Recreation Department and the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Black Heritage Committee has dedicated a monument at Pearl Street Park, 1200 Baxter Street. The monument will mark this park as "the first Negro playground and first African-American park in Mecklenburg County." Several African-Americans who remember playing in the park and who experienced those days of segregation will be present for the dedication and available for interviews.

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